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SYRIA, JOBAR : A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on August 24, 2013 shows bags of what the Syrian government claims to be materials used to make chemical weapons discovered in Jobar on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. AFP PHOTO / HO / SANA"

State television screened images of "barrels filled with highly dangerous toxic and chemical agents, as well as gas marks, saying these had been found in rebel positions in the Syrian capital, according to the AFP.

The rebels are accused of using "these agents to try to half the advance of the army".

So far the Syrian government has refused to let U.N. inspectors, currently in the Syrian capital, visit the sites of the alleged attacks.